Chief Financial Officer Derenda Flowers will assume the reigns of Monroe City Schools while Superintendent Kathleen Harris is under investigation.

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There are budgets to be done, schools to be opened, rezoning to be implemented and new state laws to be put in place in Monroe City Schools while the district is under the watchful eye of Chief Financial Officer Derenda Flowers

Flowers is serving as acting superintendent of Monroe City Schools for up to 30 days while the board conducts its investigation into the district's operations under Superintendent Kathleen Harris.

The board voted Tuesday to suspend Harris with pay during the investigation. ...